US /nɪks/ UK /nɪks/
verb intj

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to reject or veto; (informal) nothing or no

    The board moved to nix the proposed merger.

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Synonyms
1 verb · to reject or veto;... vetorejectcancelforbidquashnullifynothingno
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms nixednixing

Etymology

From German nix, a colloquial variant of nichts ('nothing'), from Middle High German niht; adopted into American English in the 19th century.

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